ANST - Draft of Document for Banishment Commentary

[Pug Bainter]

Leslie Miller (Miller at pp.okstate.edu) said something that sounded like:
> As Ansteorra's newest representative to the Grand Council, 
> I am passing along the following possible changes to banishment 
> procedures.  

Good Luck.

> If you want to send replies to me, I will forward them to the GC list 
> if you so specify.

If they are appropriate please do. What I bring up may have already been
covered and not need to be rehashed.

> 3) Absolute Banishment (level 3) would be removed as a "medieval" sanction
> that may be imposed by royalty without any prior requirements for due process.

Hell, I didn't realize Level 3 could be done below the corporate level.
This seems reasonable!

> 4) Offenses against contemporary civil or criminal law that threaten the
> Society should be dealt with through the contemporary legal system.

Uhh. What types of offenses are these? Who defines what is a threat to
the Society?

What if someone has already served their time, but "people" feel that the
offense is of a nature that could threaten the Society? (ie. embezzlement,
rape, child abuse, etc)

> 5) More serious Society sanctions could only be imposed according to due
> process. This would include judgment by an impartial panel, the opportunity to
> be informed of the evidence and charges, and to present evidence and testimony
> in one's own defense. Sanctions should be proportionate and appropriate to the
> offense.

Who picks this "impartial" grievance panel? Is this a Society/Corporate
wide panel or a Kingdom level panel? From reading further, it appears to
be at a Kingdom level, so it may not be any more "impartial" than the
decision of one individual depending on who can pick the panel.

As a whole, the changes sounds good. I'm just kinda concerned about some
areas left unclear.

Ciao,

-- 
Phelim "Pug" Gervase  | "I want to be called. COTTONTIPS. There is something 
Barony of Bryn Gwlad  |  graceful about that lady. A young woman bursting with 
House Flaming Dog     |  vigor. She blinked at the sudden light. She writes
pug at pug.net           |  beautiful poems. When ever shall we meet again?"
  Note: The views do not reflect the SCA nor the Kingdom of Ansteorra.
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